The week this issue was being sent to the printer, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Anthony Lewis passed away. He was 85.
The day after his death, NPR aired an interview with him from when he retired in 2002. In it, he talked about getting the opportunity to transition from a reporter to a columnist at the Times. Having no experience writing a column, he asked a senior colleague, well, how to do it.
“It’s simple,” he was told. “A reporter states facts. A columnist says, ‘I believe.’” Read More

We’re best known for a magazine, but our goal all along has been to create a multi-faceted platform that gives voice to this generation.

I was 19 and attending a Christian conference where there were a ton of college students. The energy was exciting; it felt like something new was happening.

A spiritual movement was taking shape, but I felt like it had to be more than just a one-off experience. We needed a way to connect with what was happening in our everyday lives. We needed media that could give voice to the unique, new thing God was doing in our generation.

At that time, nothing like that existed. That night, in my hotel room, I first wrote down the vision for launching this magazine. Read More